Release Date:6/19/18; DVD
(Original Release Date – 2017) Genre:Drama Rating: NR Director: Mark E. Ridley Studio(s): 4 Hearts Studio Running time:110 mins. Cast:Lakrishi Kindred, Rhonda Morman, Ginja Wellington, Twee Lam, Keeland Ellis, Clinton Gunnels Marston, Fobbs, Jermaine Jacox
Story:Friends must lean on one another for relationship advice in order to find peace within their individual relationships. Sheila needs a lot more than friendly advice when it comes to her relationships. She needs professional help. Will she realize this before it’s too late? Source: Maverick Entertainment.
Release Date: 8/24/18; In Theaters Genre:Drama Rating: NR Director: Eric Welch Studio(s): Big Film Factory, Film Incito, Red Entertainment Group, All Entertainment. Running time:108 mins.
Cast: Benjamin Onyango (William Mwizerwa), Scott William Winters (Randy Hartley), Emily Hahn (Andrea Hartley), Eric Roberts, Jessica Obilom (Aimee Mwizerwa), Caitlin Nicol-Thomas (Darla Hartley), Alan Powell (G. David Anderson), Eugene Khumbanyiwa (Augustine).
Story: The film is about a refugee’s escape, a prisoner’s promise, and a daughter’s painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation. Source: Deadline.
Release Date: 11/2/18 (In Theaters) Genre:Comedy Rating: Unknown Director:Tyler Perry Studio(s):Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures, Tyler Perry Studios Running time:Unknown
Cast: Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney Henggeler, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Riley.
Story:The film follows a woman who is recently released after serving her time in prison. Once on the outside, she reconnects with her sister, who is in the midst of discovering that her online relationship might be a man “catfishing” her. Source: Variety.
Release Date:8/10/18; In Theaters Genre: Drama/Biography Rating:NR Director:Spike Lee Studio(s): Blumhouse Productions, Monkeypaw Productions, Perfect World Pictures, QC Entertainment, Focus Features Running time:128 mins.
Cast:John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Laura Harrier, Ryan Eggold, Paul Walter Hauser, Corey Hawkins, Harry Belafonte, Robert John Burke.
Story: BlacKkKlansman tells the true story of Stallworth (Washington), who began as Colorado Springs’s first African-American police officer, then later rose to the rank of detective. In one of the most unlikely cases of undercover infiltration imaginable, Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman (Driver) penetrated the ranks of the KKK at the highest levels in order to thwart the organization’s attempt to take over the city. The movie will release on August 10th, which coincides with the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville incident, when a white supremacist protest against the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue erupted in violence, claiming the life of counter-protester Heather Heyer on August 11, 2017. Lee and co-producer Jordan Peele adapted the film from Ron Stallworth’s 2014 memoir “Black Klansman.” Sources: Screenrant, Color Lines.
Release Date:2/8/19; In Theaters Genre:Comedy Rating:Unknown Director:Adam Shankman Studio(s): Will Packer Productions, Paramount Pictures Running time:Unknown Cast:Taraji P. Henson, Tracy Morgan, Aldis Hodge, Tamala Jones, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Max Greenfield
Story:Gender swapped remake of the film What Women Want which was released in 2000 and earned 375 million worldwide. The remake stars Taraji P. Henson as a female sports agent who has been constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. However, when she gains the power to hear men’s thoughts, she is able to shift the paradigm to her advantage as she races to sign the NBA’s next superstar. Source: Flickeringmyth.
Release Date:9/4/18; BET Genre:Biography Rating: NR Director: Kiel Adrian Scott Studio(s):Jesse Collins Entertainment, Black Entertainment Television (BET) Running time:Unknown Cast:Woody McClain (Bobby Brown), Gabrielle Dennis (Whitney Houston), Mekhi Phifer (Tommy Brown), Laz Alonso (Louil Silas, Jr.), T.K. Carter (Herbert Brown), Lance Gross (Steven Sealy), LilRel Howery (Brian Irvine), Sandi McCree (Carole Brown), Alyssa Goss (Alicia Etheridge), Tyler Marcel Williams (Young Bobby), Donshea Hopkins (Bobbi Kristina Brown).
Story:Whitney and Bobby’s roller-coaster marriage played out on the covers of tabloids and even reality TV, and the film will showcase their successes and struggles during their turbulent relationship. The New Edition Story broke BET ratings records when it aired in January 2017, and The Bobby Brown Story picks up where that pic left off, following Brown’s successful solo run. McClain is reprising his role as Brown, one of the genre’s original “bad boys” whose life epitomizes the meaning of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. His hits may have kept him at the top of the charts, but his antics kept him on the front page.
Gabrielle Dennis will play iconic diva, Whitney Houston in the two-part miniseries while Bobbi Kristina will be portrayed by Donshea Hopkins. Phifer plays Tommy Brown, Bobby’s brother. Howery is Brian Irvine, Bobby’s business manager. Carter plays Herbert “Pops” Brown, Bobby’s father. Alonso is Louil Silas, Jr., an MCA producer-executive who helps make Bobby a solo star. Gross is set as Steven Sealy, a childhood friend of Bobby’s who is killed in a gunfight after hanging with him at a hometown bar. Goss plays Bobby’s current wife, Alicia Etheridge, and McCree will reprise her New Edition Story role as Bobby’s mother Carole Brown.Source: Deadline; Photo Source: Deadline (Rex/Shutterstock; Associated Press).
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